顔かお負まけ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

put to shame; outshone; eclipsed

Describes a situation where someone or something is so superior that another person feels embarrassed or inferior by comparison. Often used in the pattern 〜も顔負けの… or 〜が顔負けする.

• 彼かれの料りょう理りの腕うで前まえはプロも顔かお負まけだ。

  His cooking skills would put even a professional to shame.

• その子この知ち識しきは大人おとな